[XeTeX] "Minimalist" TeX?

[Khaled Hosny]

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 07:43:43AM -0400, William Adams wrote:
> On May 18, 2012, at 11:59 AM, C Y wrote:
> 
> > If I manage to come up with something functional, would a
> > poppler-removing patch be of interest?
> 
> I would certainly vote for it as would everyone else interested in
> kertex or using TeX on a server.

And what prevents you from using TeX Live?

Anyway, license issues is the least of your worries, XeTeX still
requires and handful of other libraries, including the ICU mammoth.
There are reasons TL is that complex, not just for the love of it.

Regards,
 Khaled